Automatic edge-ironer for collars and cuffs.



L. R. HEIM.

AUTOMATIG EDGE IRONER FOR GOLLARS AND GUFFS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1907.

Patented June 10, 1913.

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LEWIS R. HEIIVI, 01* DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

AUTOMATIC EDGE-IRONEB FOR COLLAR-S AND CUFFS.

Application filed March as, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS R. HEIM, a citizen of the United States,residing in Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAutomatic Edge-Ironers for Collars and Cuffs, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in laundry machines andmore particularly in that class of such mechanisms which are adapted foruse in ironing collars, cuffs and the like, and the object of theinvention is to provide a machine of this character of a simple andcomparatively inexpensive nature and of a compact, strong and durablestructure having improved means whereby a high degree of finish may beimparted to the work.

The invention consists in part in a machine of this general characterhaving means for moistening and ironing the edge portions of thecollars, cuffs or other work said ironing means being arranged to bearagainst such edge portions of the work in such fashion as to effectivelysmooth and finish the same whereby the rough edges commonly present uponthe work, particularly when the collars, cuffs, etc. are much worn, aresmoothed and rendered even and uniform.

The invention also contemplates certain novel features of theconstruction and combinations and arrangements of the several parts ofthe improved laundry machine, whereby certain important advantages areattained and the device is rendered simpler, cheaper and otherwisebetter adapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafterfully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theclaims.

In order that my improvements may be the better understood 1haveillustrated in the accompanying drawings a machine embodying myinvention, in which drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvedmachine the gear casing at one side thereof being broken away to showthe inclosed gearing. Fig. 1 is a detail view illustrating the lockingdevice for the shaper. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of themachine, the plane of the section being indicated by the line a, a, inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken horizontally through themachine in the plane indicated by the line Z) 6, in Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1913.

Serial No. 364,979.

2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken vertically through the improvedmachine in the plane indicated by the line 0 c, in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is adetail View showing the arrangement of gearing at the side of themachine for transmitting movement to the several operative partsthereof. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail view showing the means fortransmitting movement to the rotatory moistening device. Fig. 7 is asectional detail View showing certain details of construction of themoistening device to be hereinafter de scribed. Fig. 8 is a plan View ofone of the cups of the moistening device. Fig. 9 is a plan view of oneof the moistening disks,

together with the support thereof. Fig. 10"

is a detail sectional view taken horizontally through the cam-likespreaders from which the moistening devices are actuated on pas sage ofthe work through the machine, and Fig. 11 is a fragmentary sectionalview showing the delivery rolls of the machine adjusted to afford aplain or fiat finish to the work.

In these views 1 represents the bed or table of the machine over whichthe work is fed, and 2 represents a supporting frame therefor ofsuitable construction.

8 is a drive shaft, extended transversely across the forward portion ofthe frame 2, being journaled in suitable bearings and provided at oneend with a loose pulley 4, adapted to receive a belt or band by means ofwhich the machine may be driven from a suitable source of power.

5 represents a clutch mechanism, of any approved kind for locking theshaft 8 to turn with the pulley 4..

At one side of the machine, the shaft 3 carries a gear pinion 6, meshingwith a spur-gear wheel 7, upon a shaft 8 extended in bearingshorizontally of the machine just below the level of the bed or table 1and parallel to the shaft 3. The gears 6 and 7 together with certainother gearing for transmitting movement to various moving parts of themachine, are housed within a casing 3 extended along one side of themachine as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and t.

8 represents another shaft, journaled in elastically depressed bearings8 8 on the frame, in such position as to stand in position immediatelyabove and parallel with shaft 8, and 9, 9 represent intermeshing gearpinions on the adjacent end of the respective shafts 8 and 8 and withinthe gear casing 3, the arrangement being such that the movement of shaft8 is communicated to shaft 8 whereby the two shafts are driven inunison.

10 represents an idler pinion journaled on a stud in casing 3 andmeshing at one side with the pinion 9 on shaft 8 and at its oppositeside with a pinion 11 upon a shaft 12, journaled in hearings in theframe beneath the bed or table 1 at the rear of and parallel to theshaft 8 from which it 13 driven through the interposed gearing abovedescribed.

12 represents another shaft mounted in elastically depressed bearings 1212 at the sides of the frame, said shaft being extended above andparallel with the shaft 12, and carrying a pinion 11 in gear casing 3'and meshing with pinion 11 on shaft 12 whereby said shafts 12 and 12 aredriven in unison and at the same speed.

13, 13, represents a train of gears within the gear casing 3 and meshingat one side with the pinion 11 on shaft 12, the opposite side of saidtrain of gears being in mesh with a pinion 14 upon one end of a shaft15, journaled in bearings at opposite sides of the machine frame, saidshaft 15 being extended across said frame at the rear of and parallel tothe shaft 12, from which said shaft 15 is driven, in the operation ofthe machine, through the medium of the train of gears 13, 13.

16 represents another gear pinion within the gear case 3, being mountedupon one end of a shaft 17 journaled in an auxiliary frame or yoke 51 atthe delivery end of the machine and meshing with the pinion 1 1 on shaft15. The auxiliary frame 51 has arms pivotally supported upon the shaft15 at opposite sides of the main frame of the machine in such a way asto permit of being swung pivotally thereon to afford certain adjustmentof the parts without in any way interfering with the transmission ofmovement from shaft 15 to said shaft 17 through the intermeshing gearpinions 14 and 16.

The functions of the several parts above. referred to will behereinafter pointed out. On the shaft 8 at or near the central part ofthe machine is a metal bed-roller 18, on which bears a rubber surfacedroller 18* carried by shaft 8, the bite of these rollers beingsubstantially in alinement with the top surface of the feed table or bed1, so that the work passed over said table 1 will be gripped betweensaid rollers and by them carried through the machine. In a similar waythe shaft 12 carries a metal bed-roller 19 while the corresponding uppershaft 12 carries a rubber faced roller 19 bearing on the top surface ofsaid metal roller, 19, the bite of said rollers 19 and 19 being alinedwith the top surface of the bed or feed table 1 of the machine so thatthe work drawn between rollers 18 18 will be fed between the saidrollers 19, 19 and by them will be fed or drawn through the machine.

The forward and rear feed rollers 18, 18

and 19, 19 above described are suitably spaced apart to receive betweenthem certain moistening or dampening devices which I will now describe.20, 20 are shafts vertically extended beneath the bed or table 1adjacent to the feed end of the machine, and at opposite sides of theframe 2, being journaled in suitable bearings 20 20 carried by the bedor table 1, as seen in Fig. 2, and 21, 21 represent worm-wheels heldupon the upper end of said shafts 20, 20 and meshing with worms 22, 22suitably mounted on shaft 3 within the supporting frame 2 of themachine.

23, 23 represent arms mounted for pivotal movement upon the shafts 20,20 and extended rearwardly beneath the bed or table 1, their forwardends being tied or connected together by means of a spring 24, adjacentto the shafts 20, 20, while their rear ends have vertically extendedsockets 23, 23 wherein are received the lower ends of rods or stems 25which are vertically extended above the arms 23, 23 and have their upperends passed up through slotted openings 2 2 in the top of the supportingframe 2 in the space between the forward and rear feed rollers 18, 18and 19, 19 The upper ends of the rods or stems 25, carry cam likespreaders 26, 26, herein shown as formed from sheet metal, bent into shaac to receive the opposite edge portions of the collar, cuff or otherwork being passed through the machine, and having inclined or beveledsurfaces 26 26 to be engaged by said opposite edge portions of the work,in such manner that said work operates to force the spread ers 26, 26,apart, together with the arms 23, 23, whereon the spreaders are carried.

The arms 23, 23 have at their rear extremities, behind the stems or rods25, 25, vertically extended bearings 27, 27. wherein are mounted to turnthe lower ends of vertically extended shafts 28, 28, the upper ends ofwhich have heads or collars 29, 29, and are arranged to pass throughslotted openings in the top of the machine frame 2. Upon the upper facesof the heads or collars 29, 29, are screw studs 30, 30, as seen in thedetail views, Figs. 7 and 9, disk like moistener pads 31, 31,of felt orsimilar absorbent material being held upon said screw studs beneath cups32, 32. The studs 30, 30, re ceive nuts 33, 33, upon their upper ends,springs 33 being interposed between said nuts and the bottoms of saidcups 32, so that the cups are pressed downward with suitably regulatedtension upon the disk like moistener pads 31.

The cups 32, 32 receive water from an elevated tank or holder 34 mountedon the frame and provided with discharge cocks 35, 35, located above therespective cups, in such a way-that the supply of water thereto may beeffectively regulated, and in the bottoms of said cups 32, 32 areapertures 36, communicating with similar apertures in the feltmoistening pads 31 which are thereby kept properly moistened by thewater supplied from the tank 34 to cups 32, 32. Any surplus of watersupplied to the pads 31, 31, is collected in' annular chambers 29 29produced in the heads or collars and is thence discharged throughthehollows or bores of shafts 28 at the base of the machine so as toprevent damage to the work passing through the device.

The shafts 23, 28' are driven from the respective shafts 20, 20 by meansof suitable gearing, which, as herein shown, comprises sheaves 37, 37 onthe shafts 20, 20, other sheaves 33, 38, on the lower ends of the shafts28, 28, and endless belts or hands 39, 39, extended lengthwise along thearms 23, 23, and connecting the sheaves 37 and 38 at opposite ends ofeach arm to turn in unison.

By the structure so far as described, it will be evident that the workfed into the machine over the work-table 1 will be gripped in the biteof the forward feed rollers 18, 18 and will be by them passed across thespace intervening between the said rollers and the rear rollers 19, 19and presented to the bite of the latter so as to be in turn gripped bysaid last-named feed rollers and further fed through the machine.

In the movement of the work across the space intervening between the twosets of feed rollers 13, 18" and 19, 19 the corners at the forward edgeportion of the work will come in contact with the beveled or inclinedfaces 26, 26 of the respective cam like spreaders 26, 26, and willoperate, under the impulse of the feed, to force the said spreadersoutwardly and apart from each other, whereby the arms 23, 23 will beswung away from each other at their pivotal connections with shafts 20,20, against the tension of spring 24, so that the moistening devicescomprising pads 31, 31 and their supporting means and supply cups willbe so separated as to permit the opposite lateral edges of the work toreadily pass between the said moistening devices, and in intimatecontact with the pads 31, 31 so as to be effectively moistened ordampened thereby.

The pads 31, 31 are, as herein shown, of less diameter than the adjacentparts of the corresponding supporting heads 29 and cups 32, whereby itwill be seen that an annular groove is produced around each of themoistening devices to conveniently receive and guide the lateral edgeportion of the work into close contact with the peripheral or edgesurface of the interposed moistening pad or disk 31, which surface is,of course extended vertically to the plane in which the work travelsthrough the machine, to insure effective contact of the edge of the workon said pad. The said pads or disks 31, will, by preference, be drivenat speeds corresponding with that at which the work is fed through themachine, so as to lessen wear upon said pads or disks.

Beyond the second pair of feed rollers 19, 19 are arranged means forironing or burnishing the moistened lateral edges of the work prior tothe delivery of the same at the rear end of the machine, and saidironing or burnishing means comprises auxiliary arms 40, 40, having attheir forward ends vertically extended bearings 40, 40 held for pivotalmovement upon the lower ends of the vertical shafts 20, 20, and tied orconnected so as to be elastically drawn toward each other by means of aspring 41, the tension of. which is adjustable by means of a nut 41 atone of its ends.

The arms 40, 40 are similar to the arms 23, 23 in arrangement andoperation, but are located beneath, and are of, greater length than thesaid arms 23, 23, and their rear end portions have sockets at theirupper sides wherein are held the lower ends of upright stems or rods 42,42, the upper ends of which are extended through a transverse opening inthe top of the machine frame and carry cam-like Spreaders 43, 43,similar in construct-ion and operation to the Spreaders 26, 26, abovedescribed, and adapted for en gagement by the work as it emerges at therear of the bite of the feed rollers 19, 19 in such a way that saidSpreaders, 43, 43, together with the arms 40, 40, whereon they aresupported, are pressed apart from each other against the tension ofspring 41.

The rear extremities of thearms 40, 40 have bearings 46, 46, beyond thestems 42, 42, and in said bearings are held to turn vertically extendedshafts 45, 45, having collars rested on the upper ends of bearings 46,so that the upper ends of said shafts are supported in upright positionsabove the arms 40, and are adapted to play, in the pivotal movement ofsaid arms, along the opposite lateral portions of the transverse openingin the machine frame through which the stems 42, are extended, and saidupper ends of the shafts 45, 45, carry burnishers or ironers 44, hereinshown as made in the form of metal disks or rollers, with perimetralgrooves 44 adapted, when the arms 40, 40, are separated by engagement ofthe forward part of the work with spreaders 42. 42, to receive thelateral edge portions of said work in order that the same may besmoothed and ironed by the circumferential surfaces at the bases of saidgrooves 44 as will be readily understood. In order to insure a properfinish of said edge portions of the work when being operated upon by theburnishing or ironing disks or rollers 44, 44, it is desirable toprovide means for heating said disks or rollers, and herein I have shownsuch heating means comprising gas burner tips 50, 50, mounted on thearms 40, 40 and arranged to direct ets or flames upon the under surfacesof the respective disks or rollers 44, 44, the said tips receiving theirsupply of gas from bores or passages produced in the arms 40, 40', andto which the gas is supplied, adjacent to the pivotally mounted ends ofsaid arms, by way of gas connections 40*, 40 having controlling cocksand adapted for connection by means of flexible tubing, in a well knownway, with a suitable source of gas supply. It is also desirable that theironing or burnishing disks 44, 44, shall be forwardly driven at a speedgreater than that at which the work is fed through the machine, toinsure the desirable finish of the edges of the work, and to accomplishthis result, I provide gearing comprising large driving sprockets 47,47, mounted 011 the lower ends of the vertical shafts 20, 20, smallersprockets 48, 48, on shafts 45, 45, and endless sprocket chains 49, 49,extended lengthwise of the arms 40, 40, for driving each shaft 45, fromthe corresponding shaft 20 but at a speed sufli ciently increased toinsure proper operation of the burnishers or ironers44, 44 upon thework. After passing the burnishers or ironers 44, 44, the work isfinished in so far as concerns the smoothing of the edge surfacesthereof, but since it is desirable to deliver the work from the machinein either fiat or bent or curved form, I have provided the improvedmachine herein shown with means for accomplishing either of theseresults at will by a simple adjustment. Such means comprises theauxiliary frame or yoke 5- mounted for pivotal movement upon the drivenshaft 15 at the delivery end of the machine, and carrying the drivenshaft 17 above referred to, said frame being adapted for adjustment toeither the position shown in Fig. 2 or that shown in Fig. 11,accordingly as it may be desirable to deliver the work in 'a bent orcurved form or in a flat form.

Between the arms of the yoke or auxiliary frame 51, the shaft 15, whichis at the lower side of the horizontal path traversed by the work afterleaving the feed rollers 19, 19, is formed into a roll upon the upperface of which. said work is adapted to be guided and directed by asuitable guide plate 54, extended across the machine, and thecorresponding portion of the shaft 17 is provided with a rubber facedroller 52, bearing upon the upper face of said roll-like part of shaft15 so that the work delivered upon the upper face of said shaft 15 isadapted to be gripped in the bite between the shaft 15 and roller 52,and thereby carried on and discharged from the machine. The shaft 17 ispreferably mounted in elastically depressed bearings in the arms of theyoke or auxiliary frame 51.

53 represents a rod or roller extended transversely across the spacebetween the arms of the yoke or auxiliary frame 51, parallel to shaft 15and adapted, when said yoke or frame 51 is in one adjusted position (asseen in Fig. 2) to extend above the plane in which the work is fedthrough the machine, and when said yoke or frame 51 is in its otheradjusted position, (as shown in Fig. 11), to stand below the plane inwhich the work is fed through the machine, the eccentric mounting ofsaid rod or roller 53 with reference to shaft 15 serving to insureproper adjustment of the same when the frame or yoke 51 is adjusted.When said yoke or frame 51 is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2,the work fed through the machine will be passed between the roller orrod 53 and shaft 15 and upon being gripped in the bite of shaft 15 androller will be bent across the top of said shaft 15 so that upon beingdischarged from the machine, the proper curved or bent form will beimparted to the work as indicated at 0 in Fig. 2.

58 represents a curved guide plate located at the delivery end of themachine and whereon the discharged work is adapted to contact in suchfashion that the work is prevented from being soiled by contact with theoperative portions of the machine or its frame.

then the frame or yoke 51 is adjusted to the upright position shown inFig. 11, with the eccentric rod or roller 53 below the path of the work,it is evident that the work after passing through between rollers 19, 19will be presented in flat form to the bite of the shaft 15 and roller 52so as to be passed between said parts and discharged from the machine inflat form as shown at c in said Fig. 11.

In order that the attendant may conveniently operate the frame or yoke51 to move it pivot-ally to the desired adjustment, I provide anoperating rod 55, connected with said yoke 51 at one side of the machineframe and extended thence forward to the feed end of the machine whereit is provided with a handle 55 The rod 55 is guided by any suitablemeans, such as the notched lug 57, stop collars 56, 56 on said rodcoiiperating with said lug to hold the rod and yoke 51 actuatedtherefrom in their several adjusted positions. \Vhen it is desired tochange the adjustment of the delivery rolls it is therefore onlynecessary to lift rod 55 out of the notch of lug 57 and to move the rodendwise to suitably adjust the yoke 51, after which the rod being againdropped into the notch of lug 57, the corresponding stop collar 56 or 56will hold the parts in adjusted position.

From the above description of my invention it will be obvious that theimproved machine embodying my improvements is of an extremely simple andcomparatively inexpensive construction and is especially well adaptedfor use in finishing collars, cuffs and similar work where it isdesirable to insure smooth or burnished edge surfaces. The arrangementof the moistening means and blnj'nishing devices for swinging move mentin a horizontal plane also affords a very desirable construction, sincethe mois tening and burnishing or ironing means are made much moresensitive and are permitted to accommodate themselves to the edges ofthe work in a manner not possible where said means are otherwisearranged. By this arrangement also, the collection of water at themoistening devices when the machine is idle and whereby upon afterwardstarting up the machine, the work is apt to be damaged, is altogetherprevented, and it is rendered possible to conduct away any excess ofwater supplied to the moistening means, so that the rolls and otherparts of the machine are prevented from becoming wet and soiling thework.

It will also be obvious from the above description, that the device issusceptible of some modification without material departure from theprinciples and spirit of the invent-ion, and for this reason I do notdesire to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form andarrangement of the several parts as herein set forth in carrying out myinvention in practice.

Having thus described my ii'ivention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A machine of the character described comprisinga frame, feeding mechanism, rearwardly converging arms pivotallysupported by said frame and provided with upright rods, moisteningdevices carried by said arms, means for normally bringing the free endsof said arms together, means carried by said upright rods for separatingsaid moistening devices, and means for ironing the work after it leavessaid moistening devices.

2. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, rearwardly converging arms pivotally supported by said frameand provided with upright rods, shafts rotatably mounted in said arms,moistening devices car ied by said shafts, said shafts being providedwith means for carrying off surplus moisture, means for normallybringing the free ends of said arms together, means carried by saidupright rods for separating said moistening devices, and means forironing the work after it leaves said moistening devices.

3. A. machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, rearwardly converging arms pivotally sup ported by said frameand provided with upright rods, shafts rotatably mounted in said armsand provided with enlarged heads, moistening devices carried by saidshafts, said heads and said shafts being provided with means forcarrying off surplus moisture, means for normally bringing the free endsof said arms together, means carried by said upright rods for separatingsaid moistening devices, and means for ironing the work after it leavessaid moistening devices.

t. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, rearwardly converging arms pivotally supported by said frameand provided with upright rods, shafts rotatably mounted in said arms,moistening devices carried by said shafts, means for normally bringingthe free ends of said arms together, means carried by said upright rodsfor separating said moistening devices, and means for ironing the workafter it leaves said moistening devices.

5. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, rearwardly converging arms pivotally supported by said frameand having sockets provided with upright rods, shafts rotatably mountedin said arms and provided with reduced portions, moistening devicesmounted on said reduced portions, means for normally bringing the freeends of said arms together, means carried by said upright rods forseparating said moistening devices, and means for ironing the work afterit leaves said moistening devices.

6. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, rearwardly converging arms pivotally supported by said frameand provided with upright rods, moistening devices carried by said arms,receptacles beneath and movable in unison with the moistening devicesand arranged to receive the excess of liquid supplied to said moisteningdevices, means for normally bringing the free ends of said armstogether, means carried by said upright rods for separating saidmoistening devices, and means for ironing the work after it leaves saidmoistening devices.

'7. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, rearwardly converging arms pivotally supported by said frameand provided with upright rods, moistening devices carried by said arms,means for normally bringing the free ends of said arms together,spreader guides carried by said upright rods for separating saidmoistening devices, and means for ironing the work after it leaves saidmoistening devices.

S. A machine of the character described comprising means for feedingwork through the machine, a moistening device movable transversely in ahorizontal plane, said moistening device being adapted to contactwith anedge of the work passed through the machine, means for supplying liquidto the moistening device, a spreading device connected with saidmoistening device for moving the latter, a receptacle beneath andmovable in unison with the moistening device, and arranged to receiveany excess of liquid supplied to said moistening device, and means forironing the work after it leaves the moistening device.

9. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, rearwardly converging arms pivotally supported by said frameand provided with upright rods, ironing devices carried by said arms,means for normally bringing the free ends of said arms together, meanscarried by said upright rods for separating said ironing devices, andmeans for moistening the work before it reaches said ironing devices.

10. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, rearwardly converging arms pivotally supported by said frameand provided with upright rods, ironing devices carried by said arms,means for normally bringing the free ends of said arms together,spreader guides carried by said upright rods, and means for moisteningthe work before it reaches said ironing devices.

11. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, shaftsmounted therein, arms pivotally mounted on said shafts and provided withmoistening devices, longer arms also pivotally mounted on the sameshafts, and provided with ironing devices, means for feeding the work tosaid moistening and ironing devices, and means operated by the work forseparating said devices.

12. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, shaftsmounted therein,

arms pivotally mounted on said shafts and,

provided with moistening devices, longer arms also pivotally mounted onthe same shafts and provided with ironing devices, means for feeding thework to said moistening and ironing devices, means operated by the workfor separating said devices, means for rotating said shafts, and meansoperated by the shafts for rotating said moistening and said ironingdevices.

13. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, shaftsmounted therein, arms pivotally mounted on said shafts and provided withmoistening devices, longer arms also pivotally mounted on the sameshafts and provided with ironing devices, means for feeding the work tosaid moistening and ironing devices, upright rods carried by the armssupporting the moistening devices, similar upright rods carried by thearms supporting the ironing devices, and means carried by said uprightrods for respectively separating said moistening devices and saidironing devices.

14. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, shaftsmounted therein, arms pivotally mounted on said shafts and provided withmoistening devices, longer arms also pivotally mounted on the sameshafts and provided with ironing devices, means for feeding the work tosaid moistening and ironing devices, upright rods carried by the armssupporting the moistening devices, similar upright rods carried by thearms supporting the ironing devices, means carried by said upright rodsfor respectively separating said moistening devices and said ironingdevices, means for rotating said shafts, and means operated by theshafts for rotating said moistening and said ironing devices.

5. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, rearwardly converging arms pivotally supported by said frameand provided with upright rods, ironing devices carried by said arms,means for normally bringing the free ends of said arms together, meanscarried by said upright rods for separating said ironing devices, meansfor moistening the work before it reaches said ironing devices, andmeans carried by said arms for heating said ironing devices.

16. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, rearwardly,converging arms pivotally supported by said frameand provided with upright rods, the said arms being hollow, means forsupplying gas to said arms, ironing devices carried by said arms,burners leading from said arms to said ironing devices, means fornormally bringing the free ends of said arms together, means carried bysaid upright rods for separating said ironing devices, and means formoistening the work before it reaches said ironing devices.

17. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, arms pivotally supported by said frame, shafts supported bysaid arms, moistening pads carried by said shafts, cup-like guidescarried by said shafts and having perforated bottom walls resting uponsaid pads, means for supplying liquid to said cup, like guides and meansfor ironing the work after it leaves said moistening pads.

18. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, feedingmechanism, arms pivotally supported by said frame, shafts supported bysaid arms, moistening pads carried by said shafts, perforatedreceptacles carried by said shafts and resting upon said pads, means forsupplying liquid to said receptacles, said shafts being each providedwith a longitudinal bore for carrying away excess moisture and also withmeans for directing said excess moisture to said bore, and means forironing the Work after it leaves said moistening pads.

19. A machine of the character described comprising means for feedingwork through the machine, a moistening device movable transversely in ahorizontal plane and adapted for contact on an edge of the work passedthrough the machine, means to supply liquid to the moistening device,means operated by the passage of work for moving the moistening device,and a receptacle be- :neath and movable in unison with the moisteningdevice and arranged to receive an excess of liquid supplied to saidmoistening device, and ironing devices for acting on the worksubsequently to the moistening of the latter.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 13 day of March1907, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LEWIS R. HEIM.

Vitnesses:

SOL. MAYER, ROBERT S. ALEXANDER.

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